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9/15/2014 7:43AM

Obama to Launch Enhanced U.S. Ebola Response

President Barack Obama plans to dramatically boost the U.S. effort to reduce the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. As of Sept. 12, the latest outbreak has resulted in 2,400 deaths and more than 4,700 people have been infected. (Photo: Getty Images)

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... president Barack Obama plans to dramatically boost the U S efforts to reduce the Ebola outbreak in West Africa ... he's expected to de Silva planned during a visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Tuesday ... the strategy has four components ... control the outbreak in West Africa and ... improve the region's public health system ... train health care providers and officials ... and increased support from international organizations ... Mr Obama is expected to push Congress to approve requests for eighty eight million dollars to find his proposal ... he also planned Sask world leaders at a UN gathering next week to provide funds materials and health workers for a more robust international response ... the latest outbreak has resulted in twenty four hundred deaths and more than forty seven hundred people have been infected ... according to the World Health Organization the true toll is likely much higher ... public health experts have warned that the current global response is inadequate to subdue the epidemic and that it threatens the U S and other countries not just west Africa ... administration officials stressed that the chances of an outbreak in the U S are low ...